Tomislav II of Croatia

Tomislav II of Croatia (9 March 1900-29 January 1948) was the King of Croatia (as the Independent State of Croatia) from 1941 to 1943 as a puppet of Nazi Germany.

Biography
Prince Aimone Roberto Margherita Maria Giuseppe Torino of Savoy-Aosta was born in Turin, Italy on 9 March 1900. He was the son of Emanuele Filiberto of Aosta and Helene of Orleans, and the paternal grandson of King Amadeo I of Spain. In 1904 he was made Duke of Spoleto and became a member of the Italian Senate at the age of 21, and he married Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark in 1939.

In 1941, as a prince of Italy, he was named as King of the Independent State of Croatia by Ante Pavelic. His cousin King Vittorio Emmanuele III of Italy made him the King of Croatia, holding a puppet status of both Italy and Nazi Germany as "King Tomislav II". He abdicated on 31 July 1943 after the resignation of Italian leader Benito Mussolini and after the turning of Italy into an Allied Power during World War II in September he gave up his claims to the title of King of Croatia. He died at the age of 47 in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1947.